Event 5: Michael Newman Leads Early

$600 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 301

Michael Newman

Michael Newman grabbed a lot of the early pots in the three-way match for the Event 5 title, most recently in one against TK Miles.

Miles opened to 115,000 from the small blind and Newman called. The flop was Kc8c3c, Miles continued for 100,000 and Newman called. The turn was Kd and both players checked.

The river was Ah, Miles checked, and Newman bet 175,000.

After thinking for two minutes, and asking if Newman had the ace of clubs, Miles called and Newman tabled 6c4c for a flopped baby club flush. Miles mucked and Newman built his lead.

Seat 1: TK Miles – 3,140,000 (79 bb)
Seat 2: Michael Newman – 5,500,000 (138 bb)
Seat 3: Evgeny Kharchenko – 3,450,000 (86 bb)